Author: sailor323
Subject: solar panel
Posted: 13 May 2017 at 3:50pm
Subject: solar panel
Posted: 13 May 2017 at 3:50pm
| Originally posted by rawest50 New here also. I am not sure I will ever buy a panel unless I decide to go off the grid. LOL!. I have the 179.5 2017 Rpod. What size solar panel should I buy? I see everything from 40 watt on up to 100's of watts. Also are they very heavy? |
It really depends on how much off rid camping you do. 40 watts is not very useful regardless. 100 watts will do for short off grid trips, especially if your TV can charge your battery. 100 watts will probably not allow indefinite off grid camping. We have 280 watts worth of panel and can camp indefinitely off grid. Water, of course, is the big limiting factor both from a supply point of view and a waste point of view